Jason Carl
{{Short description|Game designer}}
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Jason Carl is a game designer who has worked on a number of roleplaying games for companies such as White Wolf, TSR and Wizards of the Coast, Kenzer & Company, and Exile Game Studio. He is currently the Brand Marketing Manager of Paradox Interactive's World of Darkness property.
Career
Carl recalls his introduction to role-playing games: "Some junior high buddies back in my home state of Maine first introduced me to roleplaying in 1980... we played Keep on the Borderlands. From that moment on, I was totally and irreversibly hooked."{{cite journal| last = Ryan| first = Michael G.| title = Profiles: Jason Carl| journal = Dragon| issue = #279| pages = 12, 14, 16, 18| publisher = Wizards of the Coast| location = Renton, Washington|date=January 2001}} Years later, he began doing freelance design for White Wolf Publishing and Dungeon magazine.
= Wizards of the Coast =
After working as the Policy Director for Organized Play for the Magic: The Gathering game, Carl became a member of the Wizards of the Coast R&D team, designing adventures and modules for the Dungeons & Dragons game: "Both careers have their rewards... but I've wanted to be involved in RPG design since I was fourteen - after all, I still remember rolling my first d20. So I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make the switch." When the D&D third edition was released in 2000, Carl was the designer chosen to begin the process of adding detail to the character classes in the supplement Sword and Fist (2001); he felt that this book "is important because it establishes the model for those that will follow it".
= World of Darkness =
Carl was the CEO of By Night Studios from 2010 to 2018; By Night Studios is the official licensed publisher of new Mind’s Eye Theatre products for White Wolf’s World of Darkness setting.{{Cite web|title=Who is By Night Studios?|url=http://www.bynightstudios.com/?page_id=116|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227204348/http://www.bynightstudios.com/?page_id=116|archive-date=February 27, 2014|website=By Night Studios}}{{Cite web|date=2017-10-12|title=White Wolf – The Amazing People and A Look Ahead|language=en-US|work=White Wolf Official Blog|url=https://blog.white-wolf.com/2017/10/12/white-wolf-the-amazing-people-and-a-look-ahead/|access-date=2022-02-07|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207020238/https://blog.white-wolf.com/2017/10/12/white-wolf-the-amazing-people-and-a-look-ahead/|url-status=dead}} In 2019, he transitioned to the publisher's advisory board.{{Cite instagram |author= Night Studios |user=bynightstudios |postid=B5TggcJH1Wl |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Hello friends! By Night Studios is today a team with fresh new faces, energy, and ideas! |access-date=February 6, 2022 |link= }}
In early 2018, Carl was a game producer on the 5th edition of Vampire: The Masquerade (part of the World of Darkness series){{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=2018-07-25|title=Vampire: The Masquerade's latest edition is trying to deal with sex and power in 2018|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/25/17607080/vampire-the-masquerade-v5-white-wolf|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Polygon|language=en-US}} and an "executive vice president of community" at White Wolf,{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2018|title=How the Makers of 'Vampire: the Masquerade' Convinced its Customers the Game Isn't for Nazis|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne5x8w/how-the-makers-of-vampire-the-masquerade-convinced-its-customers-the-game-isnt-for-nazis|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Vice|language=en}} a subsidiary of Paradox Interactive. Later in 2018, Paradox dissolved White Wolf as an independent entity.{{Cite web|last=Batchelor|first=James|date=19 November 2018|title=Paradox taking control of White Wolf after Vampire: The Masquerade LGBTQ+ controversy|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-19-paradox-taking-control-of-white-wolf-after-vampire-the-masquerade-lgbtq-controversy|access-date=2019-02-14|website=GamesIndustry.biz|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=22 December 2018|title=White Wolf hands over Vampire tabletop RPG to new leadership|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/22/18152146/white-wolf-vampire-the-masquerade-modiphius-entertainment|access-date=2019-02-14|website=Polygon}} In 2019, the 5th edition of Vampire: The Masquerade won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game of the Year and won the Origins Fan Favorite Award.{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2019|title=Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition Wins Best RPG at 2019 Origins Awards|url=http://411mania.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-fifth-edition-wins-best-rpg-2019-origins-awards/|access-date=2021-11-12|website=411Mania|language=en-US}}
Since 2019, Carl has been the Brand Marketing Manager of Paradox's World of Darkness.{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jon|date=2019-08-09|title=Bloodlines 2's Tabletop Origins Reveals What Makes the Vampire RPG Unique|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/08/09/bloodlines-2-vampire-masquerade-tabletop-rules|access-date=2022-02-07|website=IGN|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-02|title=For World of Darkness, the future of tabletop RPGs is increasingly digital|url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/02/for-world-of-darkness-the-future-of-tabletop-rpgs-is-increasingly-digital/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}} He also been the storyteller of multiple canon World of Darkness actual play web series including L.A. by Night,{{Cite web|date=2021-08-31|title=Vampire: The Masquerade Play Show L.A By Night Announces S5 Premiere|url=https://www.cbr.com/vampire-the-masquerade-la-by-night-s5-premiere-trailer/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=CBR|language=en-US}} and Seattle By Night.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-22|title=Every New World of Darkness Project, From Video Games to Comics|url=https://www.cbr.com/every-new-world-of-darkness-project-from-video-games-to-comics/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=CBR|language=en-US}} Carl is the storyteller for the NY by Night web series which is a sequel to L.A. by Night.{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Gavin |date=2022-06-27 |title=Vampire: The Masquerade Show LA By Night Announces Sequel |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-show-la-by-night-announces-sequel/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}} Em Friedman, for Polygon, stated that L.A. by Night "survived Geek & Sundry's decline [...] in no small part to the masterful work of storyteller and series creator Jason Carl".{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Em |date=July 1, 2022 |title=New York by Night brings Vampire-themed actual play to the City That Never Sleeps |url=https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23189660/new-york-by-night-preview-vampire-the-masquerade-actual-play-aabria-iyengar |access-date=July 1, 2022 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} On NY by Night, Friedman commented that "Carl has a deft hand for scene-setting, creating lyric love letters to real-world locations both famous and obscure" and that "Carl and the players have always been innovators, working toward high production values, costuming, and even creating prerecorded interstitial scenes".
Works
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Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition
- The Apocalypse Stone (2000){{Cite web|title=Pyramid: Pyramid Review: The Apocalypse Stone (for AD&D)|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=1665|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.sjgames.com}}
- The Dungeon of Death (2000){{Cite web|title=Pyramid: Pyramid Review: The Dungeon of Death (for AD&D)|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=1718|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.sjgames.com}}
Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition
- Player's Handbook (2000)
- Monster Manual (2000)
- Dungeon Master's Guide (2000)
- Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game (2000){{Cite web|title=Pyramid: Pyramid Review: Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=1812|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.sjgames.com}}
- Lords of Darkness (2001){{Cite web|title=Lords of Darkness (3e) {{!}} Product History|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28630/Lords-of-Darkness-3e|access-date=2022-02-07|website=DriveThruRPG|language=en}}
- Magic of Faerûn (2001){{Cite web|title=Magic of Faerûn|url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44545/magic-faerun|access-date=2022-02-07|website=RPGGeek|language=en-US}}
- Sword and Fist (2001)
- Diablo II: To Hell Back (2001){{Cite web|title=Diablo II: To Hell and Back|url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/52290/diablo-ii-hell-and-back|access-date=2022-02-07|website=RPGGeek|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Diablo II: To Hell Back (Dungeons Dragons Accessory) by Jason Carl: new (2001)|url=https://www.abebooks.com/Diablo-II-Back-Dungeons-Dragons-Accessory/31007284759/bd|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.abebooks.com|language=en}}
- Silver Marches (2002){{Cite web|title=Pyramid: Review of Silver Marches|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=3637|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.sjgames.com}}
- Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Guide (2002){{Cite web|title=Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Guide|url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/48327/kingdoms-kalamar-players-guide|access-date=2022-02-07|website=RPGGeek|language=en-US}}
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition
- Monster Manual (2003){{Cite web|title=Monster Manual (3.5) - Wizards of the Coast {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons 3.x {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons 3.x {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/148765/Monster-Manual-35|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Races of Faerûn (2003){{Cite web|title=Races of Faerûn (3.5) - Wizards of the Coast {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons 3.x {{!}} Forgotten Realms 3.x {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons 3.x {{!}} Forgotten Realms {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/25986/Races-of-Faerun-35|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
Exile Game Studio
- Hollow Earth Expedition (2006){{Cite web|title=Hollow Earth Expedition RPG - Exile Game Studio {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/23437/Hollow-Earth-Expedition-RPG|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (2009){{Cite web|title=Mysteries of the Hollow Earth - Exile Game Studio {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/63680/Mysteries-of-the-Hollow-Earth|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
World of Darkness
- Liege, Lord and Lackey (1997){{Cite web|title=Liege, Lord and Lackey - White Wolf {{!}} Vampire: the Dark Ages {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/188/Liege-Lord-and-Lackey|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Laws of Elysium (1998){{Cite web|title=Laws of Elysium - White Wolf {{!}} Mind's Eye Theatre (OWoD) {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3040/Laws-of-Elysium|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Laws of the Night Revised (1999){{Cite web|title=Laws of the Night (Revised) - White Wolf {{!}} Mind's Eye Theatre (OWoD) {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1485/Laws-of-the-Night-Revised|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Laws of the Hunt Revised Edition (2002){{Cite web|title=Laws of the Hunt (revised) - White Wolf {{!}} Mind's Eye Theatre (OWoD) {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182/Laws-of-the-Hunt-revised|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mind's Eye Theater: Vampire The Masquerade (2013){{Cite web|title=Mind's Eye Theatre: Vampire The Masquerade - By Night Studios {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/123666/Minds-Eye-Theatre-Vampire-The-Masquerade|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mind's Eye Theatre: Blood & Betrayal (2013){{Cite web|title=Mind's Eye Theatre: Blood & Betrayal - By Night Studios {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149889/Minds-Eye-Theatre-Blood--Betrayal|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mind's Eye Theatre: Vampire The Masquerade Storyteller Secrets (2014){{Cite web|title=Mind's Eye Theatre: Vampire The Masquerade Storyteller Secrets - By Night Studios {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/138700/Minds-Eye-Theatre-Vampire-The-Masquerade-Storyteller-Secrets|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mind's Eye Theatre: Pickering Lythe (2015){{Cite web|title=Mind's Eye Theatre: Pickering Lythe - By Night Studios {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/167838/Minds-Eye-Theatre-Pickering-Lythe|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Mind's Eye Theatre: Werewolf The Apocalypse (2016){{Cite web|title=Mind's Eye Theatre: Werewolf The Apocalypse - By Night Studios {{!}} DriveThruRPG.com|url=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/195992/Minds-Eye-Theatre-Werewolf-The-Apocalypse|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.drivethrurpg.com|language=en}}
- Vampire: The Masquerade 5th edition (2018)
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=319 |archive-date=October 9, 2007 |title=Jason Carl at Pen & Paper |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009050623/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=319 |access-date=November 29, 2009 }}
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